Through the Tunnel-Short Story

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GCSE English Language coursework – Short Story

Ending for: ‘Through the tunnel’

   As he stared down at the peaceful sea surging along, his throbbing head started spinning madly. While looking down at the gentle ripples hitting the rocks, he imagined the incident of him getting stuck and dying in the tunnel, with the French boys finding his rotting corpse the next year. This terrifying thought with addition to pain he had sustained before caused his head to become much worse, with his knees quivering to such an extent that he was swinging from side to side.

   With this agonizing pain, he thought to himself that he had to do it now or never as he could not bear the pain for any longer. Clutching the stone, he tried to take in a deep breath, that made his lungs feel like they were on fire and that he had used up his last sac of air. Without any further hesitation, he plunged down. As he fell, he could see the bubbly ocean and how tranquil and peaceful it looked. But this thought was spoilt by the thought of his ambition, which is to go through the tunnel and experience the same gratification that the French boys received before.  

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   The impact was unbearable at the first touch to the surface of the water, especially to his already throbbing head which now felt like that it had been hit by a four ton truck. With all this pain he still wanted to go through with his relentless urge. The view that he got from the goggles, which was almost impossible to see while on surface, gave him the support to carry on. This incredible view was possible to see because of the sunlight glistening from the surface above, as he was able to see the plain natural seabed down ...

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